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				<p>Show desktop background</p>
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				<p>Show font smoothing</p>
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				<p>Show contents of window while dragging</p>
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				<p>Show menu and window animation</p>
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				<p>Show themes</p>
			</li></ul></div><p>To improve performance, you can turn off some of these options.</p><div class="alert2"><p><span class="tip">Tip </span>To turn off display options, on the <span class="bold">RDC</span> menu, click <span class="bold">Preferences</span>, click <span class="bold">Display</span>, and then clear any of the check boxes. </p> 
				
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